Stereoselective synthesis and cytoselective toxicity of monoterpene-fused 2-imino-1,3-thiazines

Molecules. 2014 Oct 2;19(10):15918-37. doi: 10.3390/molecules191015918.

Abstract

Starting from pinane-, apopinane- and carane-based 1,3-amino alcohols obtained from monoterpene-based β-amino acids, a library of monoterpene-fused 2-imino-1,3-thiazines as main products and 2-thioxo-1,3-oxazines as side-products were prepared via two- or three-step syntheses. When thiourea adducts prepared from 1,3-amino alcohols and aryl isothiocyanates were reacted with CDI under mild conditions, O-imidazolylcarbonyl intermediates were isolated which could be transformed to the desired 1,3-thiazines under microwave conditions. 1,3-Thiazines and 2-thioxo-1,3-oxazine side-products could also be prepared in one-step reactions through the application of CDI and microwave irradiation. The ring-closure process was extended to cycloalkane-based γ-hydroxythioureas. The carane- and apopinane-based derivatives exhibited marked antiproliferative activity against a panel of human adherent cancer cell lines (HeLa, A2780, MCF7 and A431).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Monoterpenes / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Thiazines / chemical synthesis
  • Thiazines / chemistry*
  • Thiazines / toxicity*

Substances

  • Monoterpenes
  • Thiazines